"Exercise increased caution" in Nepal, according to @StateDept, which is elevating its travel advisory to Level 2 "due to the potential for increased political violence."
Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 - 41km ENE of Hasaki, Japan
After a Long Time SMS service restored in Kashmir valley
3 week agoUSG issues travel advisory for Pakistan for foreigners flying in or out of Pakistani airspace.
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince: We emphasize the depth of relations and friendship between the UAE and Pakistan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 132km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
3 week agoRumours spreading online suggesting a police officer collapsed after being beaten by #HKProtesters during the New Year Hong Kong Protests (>400 arrested, aged 12-81), new video shows officer collapsed with o being attacked
3 week agoPolice today said officer took off Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui's googles to pepper spray him because he was showing "passive resistance" for refusing to leave.
Singapore opposition party to challenge fake news notices in court
3 week agoTens of thousands of people were evacuated on Thursday in #Jakarta after flash floods and landslides killed up to 26 people amid the heaviest rains in more than 20 years.
Lebanon receives a request from INTERPOL to arrest businessman Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Beirut
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 266km E of Baubau, Indonesia
High-speed broadband internet has been restored in 80 hospitals in J&K.
Tajikistan Interior Ministry says it's probing reports that an OMON officer sustained gunshot wounds when soldiers' New Year party turned violent in Khorog, Badakhshon
A 22yo man pleaded guilty today to possessing two Molotov cocktails when being stopped and searched in Tseung Kwan O on October 13, 2019, and given a year jail sentence. @appledaily_hk says it is the first such case
Assam govt bans strikes by oil & gas sector employees for 6 months under Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 79km NNE of Palue, Indonesia
Two men posing as plain-clothes officers stopped and searched a 63-year-old, then robbed him of HK$210,000 in Tuen Mun on New Year's Day. Police are hunting for the two robbers.
3 week agoFour Afghan security forces killed; a Taliban attack targeting a police station in Faryab province, northern Afghanistan
The first decree of the President of Kazakhstan in 2020. Rename the village of Zatobolsk in the city of Tobyl.
Top Taiwan military official 'killed' after helicopter crash-landing
200 office workers and protesters stage lunchtime rally a day after New Year rally cut short by police which cited public order concerns as radicals trashed banks and shops
Eight people including the chief of Taiwan's armed forces were killed Thursday after the military helicopter carrying them crashed on a mountainside during a routine trip, Taiwan's military said
Broadband internet services have been restored in J&K
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 218km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 221km SE of Kuril'sk, Russia
3 human rights observers from human rights group Civil Rights Observer were among the arrested in Causeway Bay earlier last night, @HK_CRO said. It has strongly condemned the arrest as "unreasonable" and amounted to violation of Johannesburg Principles
3 week agoA Flight from Wuhan, China, where an atypical pneumonia outbreak just happened, is receiving infection containment measures upon arrival at Taiwan(). The woman filming this video said: "We are not allowed to leave this plane, this person was infected"
3 week agoPolice has detained a man for hours despite he claimed to have chest pain. "Police mocked him, you look fine after several hours of marching and fighting with police," says onlooker Ah Wei who is just released
3 week agoA group of people walked out from where nearly 100 were subdued on Hennessy Road
3 week agoPolice say they arrested over 400 people in Causeway Bay today, including around 70 here on Hennessy Road, lined up against the wall in rows awaiting processing. Few look like hardened frontliners. This rooftop is the closest media can get to record the scene
3 week ago1 million people take part in new year march in Hong Kong today, according to organiser
3 week agoAfter TV reported already more than 400 arrests in Causeway Bay, even more mass arrests there, these on Yee Wo & Hennessy Roads around 22.20
3 week agoAccording to Apple Daily News, HKPF expanded their lockdown area to a ridiculous radius just to prevent reporters from filming the near-hundred of arrested citizens
3 week agoA young man suddenly arrested in Causeway Bay for no apparent reason
3 week agoAnother apparent mass arrest in an alley in Tai Hang. This is in addition to the reported mass arrest on Hennessy Rd outside Citibank
3 week agoOn Hennessy Road, Democratic Party lawmaker Helena Wong questioned why police shone flashing lights at reporters. The police then called her "rubbish legco lawmaker" and said she was play-acting in front of cameras
3 week agoRiot police cordoning off Hennessy Road are rather offensive in their talking. Calling lawmaker Helena Wong and onlookers "trash", ridiculing them for coming here for media exposure, accusing reporters of not filming vandalism, even saying jokingly that someone gonna jump off
3 week agoAt around 8:15pm, police suddenly disembarked from several vehicles and charged towards a crowd in Causeway Bay, detaining nearly a hundred people outside Hennessy Road's Citibank. Photo: May James / HKFP.
3 week agoRiot police has dispersed most protesters. An officer also asked onlookers to leave MTR, "off you go, rioters."
3 week agoRiot police just attacked Legislative Councillor Ted Hui Chi-fung and then pepper spraying citizens and journalists
3 week agoJan 1 march, which has been outlawed by police in the afternoon, has suddenly turned violent after sundown. Police have suddenly charged on Hennessy Rd and subdued at least 50 protesters. They drop to their knees and raise their hands during the arrest.
3 week agoThe water canon vehicle is running a course through Causeway Bay, unleashing bursts of pepper spray-infused water where crowds stood (before the canon advanced) on Hennessy and Jardine. As usual, journalists and medics appear to be the only ones hit
3 week agoWater cannon deployed outside of Causeway Bay Sogo dispersing the crowd and #HongKongProtesters left from 2020 #HongKongProtests, Hong Kong Police raptors chasing after citizens
3 week agoTaliban claimed missile attack on Bagram AB Parwan Afghanistan
3 week agoNaik Sandip Raghunath Sawant, 29, from Maharashtra & Rifleman Arjun Thapa Magar, 25, from Nepal are the two Armymen killed in action fighting terrorist infiltrators last night at LoC Nowshera.
3 week agoA cling film barrier is set up along Hennessy Road outside Hysan Place. One of such barriers successfully held back an armoured vehicle in Mong Kok last night
3 week agoPolice moving a Des Voeux barricade out of the way for the western water cannon to get through. Protestors falling back from the Pedder St junction
3 week agoTear gas is fired near Canal Road flyover, Video: SCMP/Elizabeth Cheung
3 week ago19:08: HSBC has been set on fire in Central
Water cannon in Central on Des Veoux Rd
3 week agoPolice water cannon truck fires at protesters in Wan Chai as they move in to clear Hennesy Road
3 week agoTear gas just fired on Morrison Hill Road after two Molotov cocktails were thrown in front of advancing riot police
3 week agoProtesters barricading a closed exit of Central MTR station after discovering that many police officers are on standby right inside the station.
3 week agoWater cannon no1 pushing through towards Gooseneck Bridge
3 week agoProtesters in Causeway Bay send supplies to the front lines, as people carry material for barricades through, Video: SCMP/Simone McCarthy
3 week agoDespite police's decision to cancel the rally, many marchers march on. Human chains are formed to pass face masks and umbrellas. Fully black-clad protesters are scurrying towards Wan Chai, where rounds of tear gas were fired earlier
3 week agoProtesters setting up some road block at Luard Road, hoping to slow police advancements. A mahjong table is also used
3 week agoTension in CWB as police just decided to end the rally. Furious crowd and riot police are pointing fingers at each other
3 week agoIntense violence has suddenly broken at an HSBC branch in Wan Chai. A witness has told me that he saw a few protesters were dragged and beaten by several undercover officers at this bank. Police have also outlawed the whole march.
3 week agoFurther down Hennessy Road near Causeway Bay #HongKongProtests
Hong Kong Police asks Civil Human Rights Front to end march
3 week agoArmed police in Hong Kong
3 week agoRiot police fired tear gas at an intersection of Luard Road and Hennessy Road after 5pm to disperse crowds of protesters who got rowdy over heavy policing in the area. Large crowds of police had arrived in the area after some protesters vandalised an HSBC branch
3 week agoPlainclothes police suddenly attacked the march about 20min ago, apparently due to vandalism of the HSBC in the background here. They subdued 1 person & pulled him into the branch. Then riot police & raptors stormed the very large crowd, shooting pepper spray & bean bag rounds
3 week agoMore then 800 kg of heroin seized in Obe district, eastern Herat
3 week agoRiot police out on Hennessy Road in Wan Chai after some black clad people tried to vandalise an HSBC branch. A red flag was brandished. Earlier @chrf_hk said on its FB that two masked men entered police cordon line after breaking the bank's glasses
3 week agoMTR Central/HongKong Station was packed with protestors aiming to Victoria Park for march. When we were good to go we heard "Liberate Hongkong Revolution of our time" and "5 demands not 1 less"
3 week agoHead of the procession has reached the end of route in Central, where groups of riot police are standing by. Photo: Stand News
3 week agoTens of thousands reiterated their protest demands on January 1, during the first HongKong police-approved demonstration of the year. Protesters chanted "Five demands, not one less," & "Resist tyranny, join a union." Photo: @SiuSinGallery / HKFP
3 week agoProtesters sing Glory to Hong Kong in Victoria Park. Video: SCMP/Simone McCarthy
3 week agoTwo masked men vandalised a branch of state-owned China Life Insurance in Wanchai. Witnesses told Apple Daily that when riot police arrived, the men shouted "we're one of you", and police did not intervene. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
3 week agoThe front of the march has reached the Chater Road endpoint as of 4pm, but hundreds of thousands still wait to begin in Causeway Bay and Victoria Park. Photo: May James / HKFP.
3 week agoMarchers are still stuck in Causeway Bay due to the size of the crowd as of 3:15pm.
3 week agoVictoria Park's grass lawn and Causeway Bay's Hennessy Road are beginning to fill with protesters. Photo: iCable / NowTV screenshot.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 53km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
"I think he's a man of his word, so we're going to find out," @POTUS tells reporters about Kim Jong Un
The Japanese government has created a nationwide television broadcast advising civilians on how to protect themselves in the event of a North Korean missile attack.
